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{
"form": "noctilucae",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "noctilūca",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "noctilūca",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noctilucae",
"head": "noctilūca"
},
"expansion": "noctilūca (plural noctilucae)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A firefly, glowworm."
],
"links": [
[
"firefly",
"firefly#English"
],
[
"glowworm",
"glowworm#English"
]
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "nyctalopia",
"word": "noctilupa"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English misspellings"
],
"glosses": [
"Misspelling of noctilupa (nyctalopia)."
],
"links": [
[
"noctilupa",
"noctilupa#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"misspelling"
]
}
],
"word": "noctiluca"
}
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